Canva review
Free design suite with thousands of logo templates
Canva is the best free option if you want full creative control and plan to design social posts, flyers and decks in the same place.
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Workflow
Open a logo template or a blank canvas, edit every element freely in the drag-and-drop editor, and export as PNG or PDF.
Best for
Creators, nonprofits and teams who already use Canva for social content.
Explore
Set up a brand kit (Pro) so your logo colours and fonts flow into every future design automatically.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Generous free plan
- The most flexible editor in this list
- Use the same account for social posts, decks and flyers
Cons
- Templates are shared by millions of users, so trademarking can be hard
- Transparent PNGs and brand kits need Pro
- No SVG export on the free plan
Canva is a general design platform rather than a dedicated logo maker, but its logo templates and editor make it a strong, and free, way to create a simple mark.
How Canva works for logos
Choose a logo template or start blank, then change text, fonts, shapes and colours. Because it is a full editor, you have more freedom than in any guided logo maker, but you also need a bit more design sense to get a balanced result.
Limitations
Canva templates are used by millions of people, and its licence restricts trademarking logos built from stock elements. Transparent backgrounds and brand kits require Canva Pro.
Pricing
The free plan covers basic logo design. Canva Pro, around $144 per year for one person at the time of writing, adds brand kits, premium assets and transparent exports.
Who should use Canva?
Choose Canva if budget is tight, you want full control, or you will design lots of other marketing material.
Our verdict
Unbeatable if you need free and want control. Less guided than dedicated logo makers.
Canva compared with alternatives
Why Canva wins
Canva is the best free option and the most flexible editor, ideal if your logo is only the start of what you will design.
| 8.5 | Ease of use | 9.5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | Design quality | 9.0 | ||
| 9.5 | Customization | 9.0 | ||
| 8.0 | Brand kit & files | 9.5 | ||
| 9.0 | Value for money | 9.0 | ||
| Free | Starting price | From $15 | ||
Design.com wins 3 of 5 categories
Choose Design.com if
Small businesses and founders who want a professional logo and matching brand assets in under 15 minutes.
Top Canva alternatives
- Starting price
- From $15
- Free plan
- Free to design
- Pricing
- One-time or subscription
Best for
Small businesses and founders who want a professional logo and matching brand assets in under 15 minutes.
Why choose Design.com
Design.com produced the most usable first drafts in our tests and pairs them with the most complete brand kit: business cards, social headers and mockups that match your logo out of the box.
Our scores
- Ease of use 9.5
- Design quality 9.0
- Customization 9.0
- Brand kit & files 9.5
- Value for money 9.0
- Starting price
- From $13
- Free plan
- Free to design
- Pricing
- One-time or subscription
Best for
Budget-conscious owners who want a proven design fast and do not need a one-of-a-kind mark.
Why choose BrandCrowd
BrandCrowd is the cheapest route to a polished template-based logo, with a library deep enough to cover almost any niche.
Our scores
- Ease of use 9.0
- Design quality 8.5
- Customization 8.5
- Brand kit & files 8.5
- Value for money 9.0
- Starting price
- From $10/month
- Free plan
- Yes
- Pricing
- Freemium
Best for
Craft brands, merch sellers, cafés and creators who want a distinctive, design-led logo and do not mind learning a richer editor.
Why choose Kittl
Kittl gives you a level of typographic polish no other online logo maker matches, with texture and text effects that look hand-crafted.
Our scores
- Ease of use 8.0
- Design quality 9.5
- Customization 9.5
- Brand kit & files 8.0
- Value for money 8.0